Olivia may not have been pleased with my decision to meet up with Jace for dinner and a movie but she got over it. I promised I would discuss it with her afterwards so that got her to leave me alone about it. However, I think I've decided on a plan.

If Jace really is messing with me then he wouldn't want to do anything "serious" in public, right? So say kissing for example, is that allowed? Is he open to that idea?

Because I have been open with everyone since I was 14 and I don't plan on changing that. I don't do any of that "lets keep us a secret" bullshit because with my personality it will only end in catastrophe. Not to say I will out him without his permission. I'm not that much of an asshole but I sure as hell don't want to be a secret.

Say Jace doesn't want to be open, then I'll make him uncomfortable with it. He'll run away with his tail between his legs after I've gotten a few good kicks out of him. I won't do anything too mean, I swear! I'll start out slow and go from there. Lets see how far this guy's willing to take it.

Lets prank the prankster.

So, after class, which isn't much of anything considering it's the last week for me, I meet up with Jace at my locker.

I'm a little shocked to see him already waiting there. The hot piece of shit is leaning against my locker with his phone in hand. He's texting away with this soft smile and sparkle in his eyes that I can say I haven't seen before. Maybe that irks me a bit and maybe I make myself known by kicking him in the shin but that's not the point.

"Ouch!" Jace yelps, looking at me with wide eyes. "What was that for?"

"Stop staring at your phone like a love sick puppy," I say, crossing my arms when the boy gives me a shocked stare. "What? You expected me to not notice and act like it doesn't bother me?"

Jace tries to mumble some sort of excuse, explaining that he didn't look like a lovesick puppy. I ain't buying it and, honestly, it's fun teasing him.

"Sorry, I don't play that game. I'm the jealous type y'know and since you've made me mad you're going to have to pay for it."

"Huh?" Jace looks flabbergasted by my honesty. I don't see why, I've always been told that I never think before I speak. Olivia says I don't have a filter and that is 100% accurate.

"You have to act like a proper gentlemen today," I order, grinning at the pure confusion on Jace's face. "Open the car door for me, push my chair in at the restaurant, the whole shebang!"

I expect Jace to scoff at me or tell me I'm being an idiot. However, I get a different reaction that makes my cheeks warm just a smidge.

Jace starts to laugh, not in annoyance but in actual amusement. His shoulders shake when he goes on to say, "You're really funny, Mylo. I guess I can't say no to that."

Oh...ok, well, maybe that was too easy for him. I'll step it up a notch later.

With that, Jace and I head out to his car since we decided to take his. I'll pick mine up later. I'm a little shocked that he actually does as I ask and opens the door for me. He even winks at me once I'm in the car causing me to stick my tongue out at him. Jace chuckles and soon we're on our way to Oliverio's.

I'm making myself comfortable by placing my bag in the back seat. I never toss it since my camera is in there and if it broke I would probably kill someone. Even if it's my fault, I would kill someone else. As if I would harm my own beautiful face!

"Do you ever go anywhere without that?" Jace inquires, gesturing to the camera in my backpack. Its strap is currently hanging out from the slightly opened zipper.

I shake my head in response. "No way, you never know when you can get a good shot."

"You really are a proper photographer."

"Proper?"

"I mean, you actually enjoy it and work at it. There's no one else like you in the photography club," Jace explains, shrugging like he's not sure how else to explain it.

"Everyone's pretty good though."

"Yeah, but you're definitely the best."

"Trying to flatter me? I still haven't forgiven you for earlier."

Jace gasps in fake offense. "But I'm being a proper gentlemen, aren't I?"

"Try harder."

Jace nods, his smile remaining, which only causes my stomach to do these stupid flips that are really pissing me off. If you could chill that'd be great. And Jace, could you stop being so cute? I need to have a breather here, thanks.

"When you say it like that though, it sounds like you don't think you're that good at photography," I go on to say, changing the subject back to what it once was.

"I like photography but it's a small time hobby, nothing more," Jace explains, glancing at me from the corner of his eye. "But you're pretty serious about it. I heard you saying you're going for Fine Arts in college with a focus in Photography, right?"

"Yeah, I can't really see myself doing anything else. Then did you join the photography club only because it's a hobby?" I ask while leaning back into the seat, allowing my head to sway to the left so that I can see Jace better.

What can I say, he's nice eye candy!

"Originally I just wanted to make some friends. Being a freshman made me nervous and I thought if I joined a club I'd automatically meet new people and make friends. I enjoyed photography but I definitely came to like it more after I joined."

"That's because photography is awesome."

"I get the feeling if anyone said otherwise you would be personally insulted."

"I'd punch the fucker."

My blunt response has the both of us laughing. The car ride goes smoothly all the way to Oliverio's after that. Once there Jace opens my door with a teasing grin like he was told. I actually feel more embarrassed with him opening the door than him doing it! This is bullshit!

The two of us head in, getting ourselves a table where, yet again, Jace accepts my "challenge". I feel my cheeks warming up a bit after he pushes in my chair. Some people are staring, a few girls even giggle while I angrily grumble about my plan somehow backfiring.

We order our food and talk some more. Jace has always been easy to talk to and that definitely hasn't changed. Maybe I thought we'd be a little awkward but it's honestly totally normal. There's no tension, nothing awkward hanging in the air. We talk like we have always done so before and, in a way, that pisses me off.

I'm not sure why and I'm not sure how to explain it. It makes me irritable how well things are going and maybe that is the reason? Because if Jace were serious, which he clearly isn't, then wouldn't there be some other feeling here? Wouldn't it feel different? Instead, I feel like I'm out with a friend, just a friend.

Not to mention the jackass won't stop texting. It's not constant but from time to time I catch him pulling out his phone. He responds to someone, probably a girl based on that dumb smile he's wearing each time, then acts like he never did it. At first I think I'm imagining it but it's definitely happening and, yeah, it bugs me.

Do I bring it up?

Nah, like I said, I'm not expecting anything from this.

If Jace likes a girl that, for some reason, he can't date and is instead "dating" me then I don't care. I'm getting free food and movies out of the deal so it's all-good. Besides, I'm just going to play along and see how well the kid does, how long he lasts with my annoying ass. It should be interesting.

After the movie is over we walk around the mall a bit. We stop in a few stores where I learn that Jace has a thing for blue apparently. No matter where we go I swear he finds a blue shirt that he likes but never gets.

I end up laughing about it while asking, "Is blue your favorite color?"

"Yeah...kind of boring, huh?" Jace responds, setting aside yet another blue shirt he had his eye on.

"Why would it be boring?"

"Blue is the-" Jace holds his hands up to make quotation marks in the air while he speaks in a mocking tone. "Manly color."

"A color is nothing more than a color, it doesn't have to do with gender."

"What's yours then?" Jace inquires causing me to scrunch my nose up. Somehow we have gotten on such a typical topic, like asking about the weather.

"Magenta."

"That's very specific."

"I'm the type of man that knows what I want."

Jace doesn't seem at all shocked to hear that. Shaking his head, the two of us head up to the counter to get the shirt that Jace seems to have finally caved into getting. We're standing at the cash register together when the cashier comes to ring us out. The moment Jace smiles at her she blushes. Damn, that smile of his is going to be a pain in the ass. It makes him look all-charming.

Fine, lets see how well he does with "clingy boyfriend mode."

I lean against Jace's side without warning, not so close that it's obvious we're dating but close enough to make the cashier uncomfortable. Jace looks at me with wide eyes then back at the cashier who gives me an odd glance. All I do is smile back while I press myself a tad closer to Jace's side. He isn't pushing me away though so perhaps this still isn't far enough?

"Have a nice day," the cashier says after handing Jace his bag. He gives her another cute smile before walking off with me right behind. Maybe I throw her a dirty look over my shoulder but that's beside the point.

"I never took you as the clingy type," Jace says out of the blue making me whip my head back around to stare at him. I'm not surprised to see him grinning at me teasingly.

"I'm not," I answer immediately, crossing my arms and giving him a scowl to show that I'm being deadly serious. Ok, maybe I'm not but I am trying to test him. "I wanted to see how you'd react."

"Huh?"

"You're always all Mr. Charming with the ladies so I wanted to see what you'd do if your boyfriend got a little clingy in front of your fans."

"Fans?" Jace shakes his head. "You know, you're a weird guy, Mylo."

"What does that make you?"

"Insane?"

I slap him over the back of the head for that one. All it does is make him cackle. Well, doesn't seem that bothered him either. I even went and called myself his boyfriend, which he didn't deny so that means...he does see us as boyfriends? Insane really is starting to describe him more and more though.

I'm seriously starting to think I should just straight up ask him. Did he take my confession seriously? But if he really is jerking my chain then he won't answer seriously, right? Fuck this is confusing. I've never had this much issues with dating before!

Well, yeah I have. My relationships have all been pretty shit. I've been told that I "I get fired up easily" then "don't take it seriously when I should," which is true, I can't deny that. It's just how I am, I turn everything into a joke but when I do take it seriously I practically explode. It's a rough combination. Dating has never been that great for me so I've stuck with the occasional fling but even those flings are simpler than this shit.

Before I know it, Jace has arrived at the school parking lot where my car is waiting for me. He gives me a smile when I finally come out of my daze.

"Tomorrow is your last day, right? Graduation is Friday."

"Yeah, it is."

"Mind if I come?"

"Uh...sure, it'll be boring though." All I'm doing is getting a piece of paper. I don't see why he would want to go.

"No it won't, you're graduating, that's awesome! I'll definitely be there."

I nod because I can't really get myself to say no when he's looking at me like that then step out of the vehicle. It isn't until I'm inside my own car that Jace finally leaves. I can't help but feel that he's treating me like all his other girlfriends. Maybe that's a good thing because I haven't heard any of his girlfriends say a single bad thing about him. I don't know why they broke up but they always did yet somehow there aren't a million dirty rumors spread about him.

That doesn't make sense to me. Jace doesn't make sense to me.

Maybe I'm thinking about this all too much. Perhaps Jace has always been bisexual but never really thought about trying to date a guy until now?

But why agree to go out with me? Because I was the first person to confess? If that's the case I'm definitely going to beat his face in for it!

Unless I get laid...because, honestly, I'd love that.